Before you deploy an OceanBase cluster, you must deploy OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP). OCP runs in a Docker container. OCP and OceanBase Database have the same requirements on the server architecture and Linux operating system.
OCP is a management platform specially used to manage OceanBase Database clusters. You can install, upgrade, scale up, and uninstall OceanBase Database clusters, create and manage maintenance tasks, monitor the cluster running status, and view alerts on OCP with a few clicks.
OCP can be deployed in either the single-node or three-node mode.
Single-node deployment
This deployment mode provides all OCP capabilities through a single node. In this mode, the load balancing mode is "none."
Three-node deployment
You can deploy OCP in the three-node deployment mode to achieve high availability.
In this mode, you can select DNS load balancing or external load balancing devices, such as F5.